If you haven’t used the rideshare apps Uber and Lyft, you are probably puzzled by all the noise about an ordinance being considered Thursday by San Antonio City Council to regulate these emerging technologies.

A divided City Council passed a far-reaching ordinance Thursday that rescinds its $32 million commitment to VIA Metropolitan Transit’s streetcar project, gives voters a say in any future rail projects, and creates a Charter Review Commission that will consider proposed changes for the May 2015 ballot.